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Republicans Have Turned Their Base Into Unwitting Hostages

How manufactured crises convince the GOP base to act against their own self-interest

Jun 1 •

Why Can’t Joe Be More Like Mike?

President Biden could learn a lot from how Michael Corleone responds to threats

May 29 •

Not All Bank Failures Are Created Equal

Remembering the bank founded by Jackie Robinson and how regulators dealt with its demise

May 17 •

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The FBI’s Mar-a-Lago Seizure Could Pose Trump’s Biggest Legal Problem Yet

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Racism is Often the Lowest Common Denominator

Oct 24, 2021 • Marlon Weems

A Secret Holocaust of My Childhood: The Wrightsville Fire of 1959

Feb 10, 2021 • Marlon Weems

The Little Guy Never Wins, but Sometimes He Comes Close

Jan 30, 2021 • Marlon Weems

We've All Been Hoodwinked

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Greatest Hits: Supreme Court Edition

Revisiting Supreme Court posts from The Journeyman archives

May 3 •

That Old-Time Religion

How a meeting with a country preacher-turned-politician and the Southern Baptist Convention’s stealth church introduced me to Bible Belt politics

Apr 20 •

Introducing Notes on Substack

Now I know why Elon hates this website

Apr 11 •

Happy Easter to all who celebrate from The Journeyman. This time of year is a time of renewal and new beginnings as we leave the chill of winter behind…

Apr 9 •

Elon is Doing a Great Job at Twitter — Just Ask His Fans

Some people can't handle the truth

Apr 5 •

The Lehman Brothers Mandela Effect

The failure of Silicon Valley Bank highlights our false memory of the last financial crisis

Mar 22 •

When Origin Stories Collide

How my search for my family’s roots intersected with the Cherokee Nation — and The 1619 Project

Feb 28 •

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